2017.60: The Island of Rota

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2017.60

People

Abelardo Morell, American (Havana, Cuba born 1948)
Written by Oliver Sacks, British, English (London, England 1933 - 2015 New York, NY)
Designed by Ted Muehling, American (New Jersey born 1953)

Title

The Island of Rota

Classification

Books

Work Type

artist's book

Date

2010

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/357407

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Paper bound book with thirteen cliché-verres photographic prints and cast and laser-cut paper

Dimensions

case: 36 × 30.2 × 3 cm (14 3/16 × 11 7/8 × 1 3/16 in.)
book (closed): 35 × 28.6 × 2.2 cm (13 3/4 × 11 1/4 × 7/8 in.)
separate cliché-verre: 34.3 × 28.2 cm (13 1/2 × 11 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: On colophon, in graphite: A. Morell, Oliver Sacks, Ted Muehling 45/135
• inscription: on verso of separate print, in graphite: Abelardo Morell 45/135 Typhoon, 2010

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

The Library Council of the Museum of Modern Art, partial sale, partial gift; to Emily Rauh Pulitzer (2012-2017), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2017.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition

45/135

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Emily Rauh Pulitzer and Joseph Pulitzer, Jr.

Copyright

© Photograph by Abelardo Morell

Accession Year

2017

Object Number

2017.60

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

The book consists of the text, written by Oliver Sacks, with thirteen cliché-verres photographic prints by Abelardo Morell, and cycad-leaf, sea-fan castings and laser-cut paper designed by Ted Meuhling.

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